George Clooney spotted in Watertown and Lowell filming âThe Tender Barâ
By Kevin Slane boston.com staff,Updated February 24, 2021, 2:01 p.m.
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As one Hollywood production in Boston ends, another begins.
The day after Netflixâs star-studded movie âDonât Look Upâ wrapped production, George Clooney was spotted filming âThe Tender Barâ in both Lowell and Watertown on Friday.
Filming for the movie will take place in the Boston area and in multiple towns on the North Shore, and will likely wrap up in mid-April, according to a source familiar with the production. Prior to the start of production, Clooney was spotted in Ipswich scouting locations.
Alden Global Capital LLC, a New York hedge fund which backs the parent company of Fitchburg’s Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper, has agreed to acquire Tribune Publishing Co. for about $430 million.
Tribune Publishing is the parent company of a variety of papers, including the Chicago Tribune, the Hartford Courant in Connecticut, New York Daily News and the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
Alden’s subsidiary, Colorado-based MediaNews Group, which also does business as Digital First Media, also owns many papers around the country, including local publications like the Sentinel & Enterprise, The Lowell Sun and the Boston Herald. Alden is known for making dramatic cuts to the papers it owns.
Massachusetts Pension Fund Returns 12.6% in 2020, Hits Record Asset Value
The state pension’s annualized returns beat the benchmark over the past one, three, five, and 10 years.
A strong second half rebound helped the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) end calendar year 2020 with a 12.6% return, beating its benchmark’s return of 10.8% and raising the fund to a record high of $86.9 billion in assets, according to Pension Reserves Investment Management (PRIM), which oversees the fund.
The fund also surpassed its benchmark over the past three, five, and 10 years, with annualized returns of 8.8%, 10.4%, and 8.9%, respectively, compared with 8.0%, 9.5%, and 7.6%, respectively for its benchmark over the same time periods.
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